Education

All of us have a range of speech styles, altering how we talk to fit different situations. The adjustments we make can be barely noticeable: you might tell a work colleague that you’re going “swimming”...Read more

Far from being a quiet time, a child’s middle years – between ages eight and 12 – can be transformative. But according to Dr Lisa Mundy, we need to better understand those changes.
I’ve always been...Read more

The challenge of mending and strengthening Chicago’s network of care and education for its youngest residents defies instant solutions, but four candidates for mayor agreed Monday on one point: The city needs to care for...Read more

For the first time, a study has shown that a brief training session with rhythmic gestures has immediate benefits for narrative discourse in children of 5 and 6 years of age. The study was recently...Read more

Teachers with a strong belief in their own ability to ‘get the job done’ have the biggest impact on a student’s learning.
It’s well-known that teachers have the biggest influence on student learning over any other...Read more

Boulder Journey School feels different from most other child care centers almost as soon as you walk through the door. In the hallways, there’s a kid-sized mail-sorting station, a giant metal spaceship trimmed with white...Read more

If students feel disconnected from school, their learning and even their health can suffer – new research shows how teachers can help.
Most of us have memories of our days at school; usually some good and...Read more

On Wednesday the LEGO Foundation announced it’s $100 million grant to ensure that young children affected by the Rohingya and Syrian crises are able to learn through play. The recipient of the grant, Sesame Workshop, will work...Read more

The ‘Little Fir Tree Project’ allows inner city children in Islington to learn about the wonder and importance of trees by combining arts and the environment.
The project aims to increase awareness of the necessity of trees in...Read more

With hundreds of new schools needed in Victoria in the coming decade, how will they meet future student and community needs? Australia will need an estimated 400 to 750 new schools to accommodate 650,000 additional students...Read more

Vancouver-based urbanist Jillian Glover reflects on the new urban studies curriculum for high school students in British Columbia, Canada.
When I was a child, I didn’t really understand what my Dad did for work. He was...Read more

The ‘community school’ model in Egypt is no longer confined to just rural areas and can increasingly can be found in larger population areas. Despite this expansion though, all such schools need to work harder...Read more

Developing ‘blended’ online learning opportunities is how technology companies could inspire hundreds of millions of schoolchildren in cities worldwide, says UNICEF.
It’s one of the conclusions from new research by the United Nations’ children’s charity into...Read more

An ambitious new national school food alliance aims to help children in some of the USA’s largest urban areas eat and live more healthily.
FoodCorps and the Urban School Food Alliance are two influential non-profit organisations...Read more

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Parents will need much more support if a new law banning the smacking of children in Wales is successfully introduced.
That’s the view of a group of Welsh Assembly members (AMs), who also say that a...Read more

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